---
title: "Adil"
description: "\"We were afraid. We fled when Daesh (ISIS) went into Sinjar. I was only thinking about my child.\""
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/adil"
language: "en"
published: "2016-07-14T06:00:00Z"
modified: "2016-07-14T06:18:29Z"
---

# Adil

Published 14. Jul 2016

[More than a number](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=312)

This article was first published more than 10 years ago

"We were afraid. We fled when Daesh (ISIS) went into Sinjar. I was only thinking about my child."

"He was crying. I blamed myself for taking him through this. But I want a better life for him than we had in Iraq.”

*Adil and his family are #MoreThanANumber (Location: Chios, Greece)*

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